A Critical Enquiry Regarding the Real Author of the Letters of Junius: Proving Them to Have Been Written by Lord Viscount SackvilleG. Woodfall, 1825 - 382 Seiten |
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... Kings and Ministers are forgotten , when the force and direction of personal satire is no longer understood , and when measures are only felt in their remotest consequences , this book will , I believe , be found to contain prin- ciples ...
... Kings and Ministers are forgotten , when the force and direction of personal satire is no longer understood , and when measures are only felt in their remotest consequences , this book will , I believe , be found to contain prin- ciples ...
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... King in whose reign it happened , and his im- mediate successor on the throne ; against Lord Mansfield , their secret and confidential adviser in all state prosecutions ; and against the Duke of Grafton , the brother of Lord Southampton ...
... King in whose reign it happened , and his im- mediate successor on the throne ; against Lord Mansfield , their secret and confidential adviser in all state prosecutions ; and against the Duke of Grafton , the brother of Lord Southampton ...
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... King , it must , if he had any feelings of honour , have made him desire that his authorship of the Letters of Junius , if he were the author of them , should be buried in eternal oblivion . " To all arguments which may be suggested in ...
... King , it must , if he had any feelings of honour , have made him desire that his authorship of the Letters of Junius , if he were the author of them , should be buried in eternal oblivion . " To all arguments which may be suggested in ...
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... king : " It is his Majesty's pleasure that the above sentence be given out in public orders , that of- ficers , being convinced that neither high birth nor great employments can shelter offences of such a nature ; and that seeing they ...
... king : " It is his Majesty's pleasure that the above sentence be given out in public orders , that of- ficers , being convinced that neither high birth nor great employments can shelter offences of such a nature ; and that seeing they ...
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... king on those very men who had given evi- dence against him . The Marquis of Granby was appointed commander - in - chief and master- general of the ordnance . Lord Townshend , lieutenant - general of the ordnance . The Ho- nourable ...
... king on those very men who had given evi- dence against him . The Marquis of Granby was appointed commander - in - chief and master- general of the ordnance . Lord Townshend , lieutenant - general of the ordnance . The Ho- nourable ...
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acquainted affairs afterwards alluded appeared appointed army Article battle of Minden bill cause censure character circumstance Colonel command conduct court court-martial Cumberland disgrace Duke of Bedford Duke of Dorset Duke of Grafton Earl of Chatham endeavour enemy enquiry event evidence favour gentleman George Sack George's Grenville honour hope House of Commons Ireland Jeffery Amherst Junius's King Lord Barrington Lord Bute Lord George Germain Lord George Sackville Lord Granby Lord Mansfield Lord North Lord Orford Lord Sackville Lord Townshend Lordship Luttrell Majesty Majesty's Marquis ment military minister ministry Miscellaneous Letter motion never noble Lord occasion opinion orders parliament Peer Peerage person Pitt political present Prince Ferdinand question regiment says Secretary sentence Sept shew Sir James Lowther Sir Jeffery Amherst Sir Philip Francis soldier speech spirit thing thought tion took trial whole Wilkes wish Woodfall words writing
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Seite 344 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Seite 345 - Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad.' ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in, stones, and good in every thing.
Seite 280 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Seite 100 - Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman...
Seite 143 - The man who fairly and completely answers this argument, shall have my thanks and my applause. My heart is already with him. I am ready to be converted. I admire his morality, and would gladly subscribe to the articles of his faith. Grateful as I am to the GOOD BEING whose bounty has imparted to me this reasoning intellect, whatever it is, I hold myself proportionably indebted to him from whose enlightened understanding another ray of knowledge communicates to mine.
Seite v - When Kings and ministers are forgotten, when the force and direction of personal satire is no longer understood, and when measures are only felt in their remotest consequences, this book will, I believe, be found to contain principles worthy to be transmitted to posterity.
Seite 44 - ... that ought to be dear to a man of honour. They are still base enough to encourage the follies of your age, as they once did the vices of your youth. As little acquainted with the rules of decorum as with the laws of morality, they will not suffer you to profit by experience, nor even to consult the propriety of a bad character. Even now they tell you that life is no more than a dramatic scene, in which the hero should preserve his consistency to the last; and that as you lived without virtue,...
Seite 188 - ... with which the guards are treated*; while those gallant troops, by whom every hazardous, every laborious service is performed, are left to perish in garrisons abroad, or pine in quarters at home, neglected and forgotten.
Seite 43 - Wooburn, scorn and mockery await him. He must create a solitude round his estate, if he would avoid the face of reproach and derision. At Plymouth, his destruction would be more than probable ; at Exeter, inevitable.
Seite 297 - Governor; the whole are the proceedings of a tumultuous and riotous rabble, who ought, if they had the least prudence, to follow their mercantile employment, and not trouble themselves with politics and government, which they do not understand. Some gentlemen say, ' Oh, don't break their charter ; don't take away rights granted them by the predecessors of the Crown.